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I am rapidly re-writing a large chunk of Practical Flying, now that I know how it really ends and hopfully will be done with that by the end of the month, or at the latest mid April. I\’m not sure I\’m ready to start editing the Purse Driven Life yet, although, I might zip through…
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. — Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963 Mr. King wrote this in 1963. What would he say now? Today we can communicate faster and farther and cheaper than anytime past, but what do we have to say? We…
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I\’m still waiting for James Earl Jones to call me. He should be calling any day now,to let me know that our dsl service at home is ready to go. He hasn\’t called yet, and I\’m bummed. But not as bummed as my dog, who is stuck in the house because we don\’t have a…
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The best way to realize the pleasure of feeling rich is to live in a smaller house than your means would entitle you to have. — Edward Clarke In an effort to prove correct this theory, we are downsizing our house this weekend. Our children\’s friends don\’t believe it. Actual conversation. \”You\’re moving to a…
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The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles. — Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 1966 I should first clarify today\’s entry by saying I didn\’t…
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http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007292.html One of my favorite blogs had an comment about people who costume their iRobot Roombas. That alone, is ,um, interesting. But then, sixty eight (at last count) blogging faithful had commented on the costumed Roombas. Many offered their own favorite Roomba stories. Many involved the Roomba harassing feline pets or alternately, the cats hunting…
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Main Entry: randomFunction: adjective1 a : lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern b : made, done, or chosen at random 2 a : relating to, having, or being elements or events with definite probability of occurrence b : being or relating to a set or to an element of a set each of whose…
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When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us. — Margery Allingham, Death of a Ghost, 1934 The first thing I thought of when this quote came across the desk this morning was my dad. I inherited a…
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This is my second post for the day. My first one involved some little blog ring quizzes, which were fun. But alas, an html tag was missing, which made blogger go \”Yuck, take it back…\” and my browser didn\’t like the yuck message, so the whole thing tanked. I\’ll take it as a sign, that…
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The most wonderful thing about the internet lately, is that if you can\’t find something to write about, you can find a wonderful blog quiz to fill up space. Your IQ Is 120 Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional Your General Knowledge is Above Average…
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